River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-08-11
1T PROMISES TO BE GREAT
The state Fair which VIII Open at Ham
line in Little More Than
Month.
Horses Coming Prom states All Over the
Union--Other Live stock Exhibi-
tions Promised.
improvements That Are Wen Under Way
at the Grounds--Troops in the
Sham Battle

Conversation by a reporter with Hon. W.
r. Merriam, president of the state fair asso
citation developed the fact that the interest
taken In the coming state fair, which opens
Sept. and continues until Sept. II, is con
sdered phenomenal, and it is not confined
to Minnesota alone. The fdmors no e
owners large stock breeders aud big
machinery men o. other states manifest a
degree of interest which seems TO be peculiar
to the present year. OF course the big racing
purses have much TO do With it. The purses
aggregate $4,000, aud in addition the
purses of the Minnesota Breeders associa-
ton. which have not yet been decided
upon, win probably make the amount of
money TO be hung up about $4,000.
AMONG THE FINE STUDS.
4 Outside of the races there is to be the best
horse exhibit ever witnessed at any state
I fcir. Leonard Johnson of East Castle Rock.
who is Jest now returning from France, will
/ show seventy-tve imported fUll-blOod Per
/ cherOuz and French coach horses. He viii
\ have full stud of fifty, and will occupy
one entire barn aud part of another. oy
tue way, the French coach horses are IN in
/ Dovatiou. due somewhat 10 a suggestion of
/ Gov. MCGill. Galbraith Bros, of GAINESVILLE,
/ Wis, will have "a fine string of horses, in-
Guiding some Shetlands. Midway park,
Lake Elysiau, George K. Case of st. Peter;
/ Col. Wilson, of Abdalah park, Kentucky,
john Waters aud other notable horsemen
/ will do themselves proud.
The races will be in connection with the
Southern Minnesota fair meeting. which
closes in time 20 accommodate the state fair.
| MEG. ath Sherwood aud all the Minnesota
b. eeders will contribute, and The Cosg. owe
Live stock company will back up their big
herd of Hel efoId cas- . with a Hotle stud OF
Hambletoniaus and a majestic Norman
stallion.
THE CATTLE SHOW.
In the cattle line there are to be from
twelve to - exhibitors of Hecefords, and
stIl more of Sporthorns, Holsteins. aud
Jerseys. The herd premiums are the largess
ever offered, as high as o. for best beef
breeds and best milk breeds, and the Hol-
stein FIiesiau association of America has
come forward with an additional 500 in
each class, to be gwen to the winning herd
providing il is composed of Holstein-F Fries
/ ians. The American Je' sey Cattle club of
/ Broadway, New York, offers. through its
/ secretary, Wicl-s, premium OF slC) Tor the
best herd of Jerseys raised Ia the state.
I OveTtOn Lee, OF Nashville, Tenn, is going
to bring up his fine herd Of Sussex cattle. a
new thing here. Another new breed in the
| West which is to be here, is the American
/ HoldeIness herd of T. A. cole, of Saulvile,
! y. Y. He has been forty year bringing
them 10 perfect on by successful inDreed-
ing They area reproduction OF the now eX-
/ tinct Yorkshire Holderness breed of Eng
4 land &. A. Baker a. Sons. Hustesford,
/ Wis, are to show fine herd of Devonshires.
J. j. Hill has promised TO exhibit several
very fat grade steers which viii probably
4 be ANUS. and he will show how they were
fattened Then he win have them killed on
| the grounds and the beef hung up.
Supt Bushnell, of the machinery depart
! ment. is flooded with correspondence from
/ all over the country. At the fair groupGs
I a large carriage building is now going up at
( a cost of . coo II viii he 81 feet long bv
4 ~ wide, irclosed and sky-hghted Although
/ space has not vet been assigned, the
machinery department promises TO be so
/ full that one large manufactures, T. q.
1 ManGt of Stouglton. Wis, has applied for
space for mammoth tent l.)XG0 feet, on
| me grounds.
The main han will lie something grand in
fabrics il the CORRESPONDENCE which is being
rece we'd is any indication. Superintendent
/ Larpeuteur. of the art department, aud by
Z the way, his is to be one of the most I'M
/ port8ut and attractive features of the
annual display, is arranging for the best
I paintings OF the private galleries of Boston,
/ New York, Philadelphia and other Eastern
| cities, and such art connoiseurs as j. j.
I Hill and w II. Merriam. of this city, and
/ the Pillsburys OF Minneapolis. have given
3
/ priced collections.
| But Secretary Hoard SAYS it is to be not
/ only a great combination exhibit of speed,
| stock raising, art, machinery and manu-
/ facturers, for the rail Dads have taken a
/ baud, and in addition to giving a ~ cent
per mile rate for the fair, their agents are
/ busy on every line that Tadiates from st.
Paul and Minneapolis gathering up an ar
| ray of the agricultural productions of the
/ fertile regions their several lines traverse.
4 GRAND MILITARY DISPLAY.
The grand finale of the fair is to be the
great sham battle on the last afternoon,
when the grounds are all cleared, to be
/ fought by the G. A. r. and the state and
visiting militia. There will b. fourteen
pieces Of artillery, two troops of cavalry,
/ two batteries of light artillery and infantry
/ numbering 600 men. Battery +. For tn
United States artillery, will give an eX-
/ hibition drill. Invitations have been sent
4 TO Grand Army posts of Minnesota. Wis
/ cousin. Iowa, Dakota, Nebraska, illinois,
/ Indiana and many other states. This
/ feature alone is expected to sell $1,000
/ tickets.
Another feature to he mentioned is the
proposed band tournament, in which all the
4 bands of the state are expected to take part,
/ barred. The society offers premium of
/ 5000 for this Each day the combined
/ bands of Seibert and DAM VII fill the air
/ with music. This will place the cream of
4 st. Paul and Minneapolis musicians pro
/ fessionaly upon the ground. The streets of
/ both cities are to be Illuminated during the
I fair